'Flower of the North,' purse

Sweet jasmine blossoms grow rampant under the argent moonlight of this exceptional sterling silver purse. Ploy Intha follows traditional techniques in the creation of this piece, delicately detailing the engraved Dok Mali (jasmine) to make a sophisticated accessory for elegant evenings. Ploy Intha takes care to outline the elaboration process. "The silver alloy is melted and poured into a terracotta container and when it sets the silversmith beats it with hammers into a sheet and cuts it into the desired shape. A coat of an oil and pitch mixture is spread over a wooden surface where the sheet is fixed before engraving it with chisels and nails and beaten into the desired curved shape. Once engraved, the piece is heated again to remove the pitch and placed into a bath of boiling acid to rinse out the impurities. The piece is rinsed in a tamarind, then in water, dried and filed with a small brass brush to be finally polished with a cloth." .925 silver rating.